Draft for Scene

Chrissy

Mrs. Guarino

Acting

First Draft

My scene is about a woman(Chrissy) in a grocery store who wants a specific chips in a certain container. She goes to grab them but another woman(Linda) gets them and they have a fight over the chips. Mean words are said and some physical action is displayed but finally my character gets the chips and walks away. I think Linda and I need to be more focused on how to present our lines and what physically actions we should do. The first draft we were hitting each other but it actually hurt so we need to pretend like we are fighting but not actually cause pain on each other. For the most part we have the lines down but we need to be certain so we can focus more on the scene then what to say next.

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Blog 5

Christeena Aaron

Mrs. Guarino

Acting

Oct. 14, 2016  

Blog 5

The silent movie has probably been my favorite project we have done so far. It was fun and entertaining to create and watch. It was my idea to have the plot be where two people are in a room then one leaves and gets locked out and the person in the room is to distracted to notice. Michael, Linda and John added a lot of depth and substance to the plot which made it comedic. In the silent movie, I enter the room, which is a dorm i share with Linda. Linda is searching for something and when she realizes it's not in the room she asks me to make sure to open the door for her for when she returns. Since the item she lost is her key to the dorm. When she leaves I look through her bag to find weird music but then decide to play my own music. I am dancing around the room not aware that Linda was knocking on the door trying come in. I never notice until I turn around and find her and Michael on the floor with a broken door. I can tell they are very mad at me so I run out of the room. It took a couple of days to develop the story line and figure out what songs we wanted to use. John was our director and filmer, while Linda, Michael and I were in the project.

Blog 4

Christeena Aaron
Oct. 5, 2016
Mrs. Guarino
Acting
Blog 4

The movement project for me was  good. I found it hard to pick moves for a routine and find a song. Once Micheal and I found a song though, it was easy to understand what emotion the song was conveying or what emotion we wanted it too. I liked our idea where, there was a feather that symbolized freedom and content. We had to find the feather and catch it but nothing comes easy so it was a struggle to catch the feather but at the end it was successful. We found our happy ending with the feather so we could move on with our lives. I felt like Michael and I's performance was good but could have been better. We had a purpose and a story but it could have been acted out more clearly for the audience to understand. Maybe more movement or more stage presence for the both of us.
As a group, we both agreed on the message of the song but had difficulty with a routine. The idea was in our heads but putting it out there to present was hard.
The movement project was definitely a helpful start to think about for the silent movie. I know what I want to do better on in this project and in the last project, which is making sure the audience knows what I'm doing.

Blog 3

The monologue project was very interesting. Memorizing the words for the monologue was harder than I thought it was but when the final came I was ready. When I was getting help from my peers it was helpful to improve the scene. This monologue itself challenged me to be more mature and express more emotion. I feel like I made the audience understand my anger and hurt from my biological mother and father. The frustration when my foster mom didn't understand what I meant. I could have made my voice a bit louder so the audience could hear me better. I wish I was better at blocking and maybe covering my face at some points wasn't the best idea. I could have made more eye contact with the audience to really get my point across.
I think my classmates were excellent. Michael did a great job on the momentum of his monologue. It was getting higher and higher till he snapped and the audience was expecting him to. I like the end, when he sat back down and thought about his future. I think it could have been better if he talked slower and some points and took a break now and then. John did and great job with the ending, when he got emotional I got emotional. His feelings in his face and voice made you feel something. I liked how in love he was with his wife in the beginning then you could feel the love drifting as he got closer to the end. I think he could have done better on pronouncing words. Linda was great when it came to diction. I could hear her clearing. I liked the end when she was completing all of a sudden so into the guy she was trying to push away. I think Linda would have done better if she made more facial expressions and not have her voice stay the same.

Next level

To take my monologue to the next level, I need to speak louder so my message can get across to the audience. Maybe try to make eye contact so they can tell what I feel by just looking at me. So then when I speak the message it's much stronger. Make an actually ding-dong sound for the door bell. Imagine my mother is there, so a conversation is being held. Carry a backpack and walk into the scene instead of just sitting in a chair. Make should my feelings about my biological father and biological mother don't have complications.

Video Reflection

In my video, I notice that I need to work on my facial expression and the emotion behind my voice and body language. My change in emotion should affect the sound of my voice. When I talk about my father I should feel more scared then carefree. When I talk about my mom I should be upset. I don't need to stand but I need to use my hands more.